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And the Academy Awards Nominees Are… Straight
Films about LGBT people that are aimed at mass audiences win awards; films about LGBT people that are aimed at LGBT audiences… not so much. So, here's the Queer, Isn't It? Best Pic nominees. [10.Feb.12]
Two Days in Sundance: 'Ai Weiwei', 'For Ellen', 'Middle of Nowhere'
Unfortunately, the two days didn’t provide enough time to see everything, but that’s what the rest of the year is for. [10.Feb.12]
ReFramed No. 19: Michelangelo Antonionis 'Zabriskie Point' (1970)
By Jordan Cronk and Calum Marsh
What happens when an admitted auteur makes a grand -- and quite insular -- artistic statement? Critics are dumbfounded, which means it's time for our preservationist pair to break out the accolades. [9.Feb.12]
ReelAbilities Day 1: 'Body and Soul' and 'Defining Beauty'
Body and Soul and Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America both feature admirable subjects who have "overcome obstacles," and also take refreshingly unconventional approaches to these subjects. [9.Feb.12]
Ben Gazzara and The End Of An Aura
Ben Gazzara: 1930 - 2012. What can you say about Gazzara? He was relevant in every decade going back to the '50s. [9.Feb.12]
Reviews
Unfortunately, the two days didn’t provide enough time to see everything, but that’s what the rest of the year is for. [10.Feb.12]
Body and Soul and Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America both feature admirable subjects who have "overcome obstacles," and also take refreshingly unconventional approaches to these subjects. [09.Feb.12]
Beautifully and evocatively, Bill Morrison's film traces the changes of fortune for the mines and miners, the industry and communities of Northern England. [08.Feb.12]
The journey in Unfinished Spaces begins with reconsidering the hopes and confusions of Cuba just after the Revolution, the politics and the struggles that go on to this day. [07.Feb.12]
Our School doesn't press its case -- that racism and inequality pervade the lives of Roma ("Gypsy") children in a small Romanian town -- as much as it lets it unfold. [06.Feb.12]
Windfall's long panning shots of the beautiful hills of Meredith, in the Catskill region of New York, show what residents want to preserve. [04.Feb.12]
DVD Reviews
Rowan Joffe sets this adaptation in 1964, amidst the mods and the rockers. A mods-versus-rockers riot serves as chaotic cover for one of the film’s acts of murder. [10.Feb.12]
A child's garden of crazy grown-ups, lost locomotives, talented ducks, war orphans and innocent incest. [10.Feb.12]
Features
By Emilio Bellu
Filmmaker Kevin Smith may be in a celluloid slump, but his new podcast network is on point. [06.Feb.12]
By Brian Tousey
Exploring the strange parallels between the writing of mythologist Joseph Campbell and the first four Police Academy films. [26.Jan.12]
Columns
Queer, Isn't It?
Films about LGBT people that are aimed at mass audiences win awards; films about LGBT people that are aimed at LGBT audiences… not so much. So, here's the Queer, Isn't It? Best Pic nominees. [10.Feb.12]
Deep Focus
Special programs devoted to cinematic greats like Alfred Hitchcock or Deborah Kerr might be the flashiest part of an archivist’s job, but fiction curator Jo Botting also enjoys tracking down rare films and ensuring the next generation gets to see them. [07.Feb.12]
From The Blogs
By Jordan Cronk and Calum Marsh
What happens when an admitted auteur makes a grand -- and quite insular -- artistic statement? Critics are dumbfounded, which means it's time for our preservationist pair to break out the accolades. [09.Feb.12]
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